Promotion jitters hit Leeds after Palace raid

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Leeds United 0 Crystal Palace 1: As winter turns to spring, the white rose is wilting in the Coca-Cola Championship promotion race

AS WINTER turns to spring, the white rose is wilting in the Coca-Cola Championship promotion race. First Sheffield United and now Leeds United appear to be stricken by nerves in the push for the Barclays Premiership and Crystal Palace may yet prove to be the prime beneficiaries after this comfortable victory at Elland Road moved Iain Dowie’s team to within eight points of second place.

Unbeaten on home turf in the league since mid-December, Leeds rarely looked like claiming the victory that would have lifted them to within one point of Neil Warnock’s faltering Sheffield United and Jobi McAnuff’s first-half